diff --git a/src/neochatconfig.kcfg b/src/neochatconfig.kcfg
index 3f6f101a6..87b5a29b7 100644
--- a/src/neochatconfig.kcfg
+++ b/src/neochatconfig.kcfg
@@ -72,7 +72,11 @@
       <default>true</default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="CompactLayout" type="bool">
-      <label>Use a compact layout</label>
+      <label>Use a compact chat layout</label>
+      <default>false</default>
+    </entry>
+    <entry name="CompactRoomList" type="bool">
+      <label>Use a compact room list layout</label>
       <default>false</default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="ShowRename" type="bool">
diff --git a/src/qml/Page/RoomListPage.qml b/src/qml/Page/RoomListPage.qml
index 4298fe668..b19558c94 100644
--- a/src/qml/Page/RoomListPage.qml
+++ b/src/qml/Page/RoomListPage.qml
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ Kirigami.ScrollablePage {
                 labelItem.textFormat: Text.PlainText
                 subtitle: subtitleText
                 subtitleItem.textFormat: Text.PlainText
+                subtitleItem.visible: !Config.compactRoomList
                 onPressAndHold: {
                     createRoomListContextMenu()
                 }
@@ -347,8 +348,8 @@ Kirigami.ScrollablePage {
                     QQC2.Label {
                         text: notificationCount > 0 ? notificationCount : "●"
                         visible: unreadCount > 0
-                        padding: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
                         color: Kirigami.Theme.textColor
+                        Layout.rightMargin: Kirigami.Units.smallSpacing
                         Layout.minimumWidth: height
                         horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
                         background: Rectangle {
@@ -361,7 +362,7 @@ Kirigami.ScrollablePage {
                     }
                     QQC2.Button {
                         id: configButton
-                        visible: roomListItem.hovered && !Kirigami.Settings.isMobile
+                        visible: roomListItem.hovered && !Kirigami.Settings.isMobile && !Config.compactRoomList
                         Accessible.name: i18n("Configure room")
 
                         action: Kirigami.Action {
@@ -376,13 +377,13 @@ Kirigami.ScrollablePage {
 
                 function createRoomListContextMenu() {
                     const menu = roomListContextMenu.createObject(page, {room: currentRoom})
-                    if (!Kirigami.Settings.isMobile) {
+                    if (!Kirigami.Settings.isMobile && !Config.compactRoomList) {
                         configButton.visible = true
                         configButton.down = true
                     }
                     menu.closed.connect(function() {
                         configButton.down = undefined
-                        configButton.visible = Qt.binding(function() { return roomListItem.hovered && !Kirigami.Settings.isMobile })
+                        configButton.visible = Qt.binding(function() { return roomListItem.hovered && !Kirigami.Settings.isMobile && !Config.compactRoomList })
                     })
                     menu.open()
                 }
diff --git a/src/qml/Settings/AppearanceSettingsPage.qml b/src/qml/Settings/AppearanceSettingsPage.qml
index 543aa41e1..a6ee18e8d 100644
--- a/src/qml/Settings/AppearanceSettingsPage.qml
+++ b/src/qml/Settings/AppearanceSettingsPage.qml
@@ -199,8 +199,20 @@ Kirigami.ScrollablePage {
                         }
                     }
                 }
+
+                MobileForm.FormDelegateSeparator { below: compactRoomListDelegate }
+
+                MobileForm.FormCheckDelegate {
+                    id: compactRoomListDelegate
+                    text: i18n("Use compact room list")
+                    checked: Config.compactRoomList
+                    onToggled: {
+                        Config.compactRoomList = checked;
+                        Config.save();
+                    }
+                }
                 
-                MobileForm.FormDelegateSeparator { below: colorSchemeDelegate.item ; visible: colorSchemeDelegate.visible }
+                MobileForm.FormDelegateSeparator { above: compactRoomListDelegate ; below: colorSchemeDelegate.item ; visible: colorSchemeDelegate.visible }
                 
                 Loader {
                     id: colorSchemeDelegate